Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Staffing Committee has today, 11th May 2016, recommended the appointment of Gerald Meehan, currently Strategic Director of Children’s Services, as the authority’s new Chief Executive.

The recommendation will be voted on by Members at full Council, who...

Are you a small business that needs to get your innovative products and services into the healthcare sector? Then our healthcare sector business opportunities breakfasts offer the perfect opportunity, taking place on Friday 13th May, 8am – 10am – the right people in the right place...

Following the announcement by a local bus company to stop running the number 45 bus service between Northwich and Warrington, discussions with Cheshire West and Chester Council have provided a solution.

The withdrawal of the service was met with concern by residents of villages in the Northwich...

The first national UK Employability Day will take place this year on Friday 15 April. This is a day for the employment support sector to open its doors across the UK and show key stakeholders, such as local networks, agencies...

Robots Live event organised as part of Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) exhibition, proved to a smashing success with one robot lover winning an iPad.

Visitors to the WEEE love Robots event, held in Northwich, were entered into a prize draw...

The next step in a multi-million pound scheme to upgrade one of Northwich’s busiest junctions is due to take place shortly, following essential utility company diversion works which have recently been undertaken.

Cheshire West and Chester Council has tendered the improvement works for the...

Sports teams, community groups and residents in Mid Cheshire are being asked to sign-up to be involved in an exciting project to create a professional-style athletics track at Hartford Campus in Northwich.

You are invited to attend one or both of the upcoming consultation events detailed below...

Residents are reminded to give their views on the emerging proposals identified in the Winsford Development Framework and the Transport Strategy documents, which help deliver the ambitions and priorities set out in the Neighbourhood Plan.

The ‘Station Quarter’ is identified in the Winsford Neighbourhood Plan as a new urban extension to the town, reaching from the station down to the flashes. The area is earmarked for around 1,000 new homes with a large area of open space, public access to the Flashes, a new local centre,...

The new West Cheshire Exhibitions and Events programme is now available, offering an exciting range of activities across the museum sites in Chester and Northwich, from Samurai Arms and Armour to Railways and Archaeology.

The Lion Salt Works Museum is an “excellent” location for film and photoshoots according to Creative England, hosts of one of England’s leading databases of film and photography locations. As if to prove the point, today (August 25) the Lion Salt Works hosted its first international film crew...

A special celebration event was held yesterday (Monday 13 July) to thank people responsible for the successful restoration and refurbishment of the Lion Salt Works Museum, near Northwich in Cheshire. The Museum – owned and operated by Cheshire West and Chester Council – is one of the last three...

The subway at the junction of Watling Street and Chester Way in Northwich – opposite the Seafarer – will be closed to the public from Wednesday 1 July to allow essential maintenance work to take place.

The subway will be closed for up to six weeks as the Council’s Highways Team...

On the first day of opening to the public (Friday 5 June), Cheshire’s Lion Salt Works Museum based near Northwich, has shown it is ‘worth its salt’ by winning the Heritage Award at the prestigious 2015 North West Regional Construction Awards, held last...

Traffic signals are to remain in place until the early hours of Tuesday June 23 as repairs continue on Acton Swing Bridge on the A49 near Weaverham. Traffic signals will also remain overnight next week while the work under the bridge is completed. The scheme...

Cheshire’s Lion Salt Works Museum will show it is ‘worth its salt’ at a press opening at 9am on Friday 29 May. Painstakingly restored and refurbished, the almost derelict site based near Northwich in Cheshire, has been transformed into one of the finest industrial heritage attractions in the...

The Lion Salt Works, Marston, near Northwich is nearing completion after a four-year £10m restoration with the finishing of an imaginative and exciting play area, thanks to a £54,000 grant from WREN. A not-for-profit organisation, WREN awards grants to community, environmental and heritage projects...